Intaglios

I'll gladly admit I knew nothing about intaglios until my sister in law introduced them to me. They're tiny little molds of scenes and they date back centuries. So of course, if you're getting the real things, they're gonna be a little pricey...like these in a local store that are $850 each. They are amazing, the fabric mattes are phenomenal, but no can do for $850.

So on Presidents Day, I made my own budget version - so economical, in fact, that I found the frame in a dumpster. The muslin fabric was about $2 at WalMart, and my sweet sister in law shared some extra intaglios she ordered off ebay. So my version totals about $2. Obviously not as fab as the $$$ version, but gives the same impact.


Close up. I picked the largest with the male head because it looks a little like my husband.